Summary:
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) The trials for the World Championship opened with confusion, anguish and hesitancy when WFI President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh announced that only those wrestlers will be allowed to compete who will submit a hard copy of their contracts with private sponsors.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has claimed that sports NGOs like OGQ and JSW are spoiling their athletes and will not allow them to interfere in the affairs of elite wrestlers.
Singh has said if the NGOs want to support the game and the athletes, they are welcome, but "secret contracts" will not be allowed.
WFI says they have enough funds from main sponsors, Tata Motors, to offer better contracts to deserving wrestlers.
"No one will be allowed to compete if they will not submit the details of their contracts with private sponsors," Singh announced to the gathering at the KD Jadhav wrestling stadium at the IG Stadium where trials were held.
It created a bit of chaos as the wresters stopped their warm-up and started discussing what they need to do now.